The Kennedys of Massachusetts
Lamont Johnson, 1990
The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga
Doris Kearns Goodwin, 1987
The Kennedys of Massachusetts is a TV mini-series directed by Lamont Johnson in 1990 and based on the book The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga by Doris Kearns Goodwin, first published in 1987. The TV series features Paul Bronk, Casey Affleck, Cindy Baer, Deborah Bancroft, Sullivan Brown, Allyn Burrows, and others.
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Storyline
A mini-series profiling the Kennedy family ran three nights. It chronicles 55 years in the lives of the family opening in 1906 with the marriage of Joseph P. Kennedy, a Harvard graduate, to Rose Fitzgerald, the daughter of Boston’s Mayor.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
1990
Minutes
278
Movie Rate
7.20
Source: IMDb
TV Mini-Series
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
Director: Lamont Johnson
Country: USA
Year: 1990
Length: 4h38m / 3 episodes
Year
1987
Pages
960
Book Rate
8.48
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Book
The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga
Author: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Country: USA
First published in: 1987
Length: 960 pages
Genre: Biography
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“Turning one's novel into a movie script is rather like making a series of sketches for a painting that has long ago been finished and framed.”
VLADIMIR NABOKOV (Wrirter)
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